I don't have a problem with him singing about these things in a humorous manner; Keith's a genius and a nice guy, and I have all the respect in the world for him. I also understand why some people could have problems with his words. But let's not try to paint the picture rosier than it is, folks. It's about hitting women. Either come to grips with it, or fight it, but don't make up some fake alternate meaning when you've never heard of Critical Beatdown, you think Liam Howlett pulled those lyrics out of his talented ass, you think that owning copies of Brothers Gonna Work It Out and Perfecto Presents Another World makes you some kind of underground electronica fan, and you think that everything can only be bright and sunny in the world while you get your roll on at Glastonbury listening to some DJ you pretend to know. As Keith would say, you wack. Grow up and get a clue. You can follow Keith Flint, you can follow Mike D, or you can follow your own mind. S'up to you.

Even though the lyrics are mind-numbingly simple, you can't expect to have a
song named "Smack my bitch up" and not piss some people off.

The National Organization for Women (NOW) said the lyrics are a "dangerous
and offensive message advocating violence against women". Mind you, the basis
behind this statement (while understandable) is only from one phrase of the two
phrase song.

Note, this is bit of a spoiler, and part of the fun is the shock of it all, so
if you haven't seen it and would like to, I'd advise you to stop reading right
now.

The entire video is done in a first person perspective, following an
individual throughout the course of an evening. It begins as he showers,
shaves, uses the bathroom, dresses, grabs a drink, does some cocaine, and then
goes out.

Throughout the whole video, he's drinking, using drugs, and harassing women.
The camera is always swinging around, the cuts are very fast and as the
video progresses it gets more blurry, emphasizing his inebriation.

He gets something to eat, then goes to a bar. He gets drunk. He goes to a
club and dances. He gets hostile, breaking a chair on somebody's back,
choking another. He hassles the DJ.

He vomits into a bathroom sink, breaks down the door of a man on the toilet and
then drags him away to shoot up in the stall.

He wanders the street and enters a strip club. He gets a dance, then takes a
girl to the back by a car (possibly his). They kiss and fondle, and when he
can't open the car then he breaks the window and drives them back to his
apartment. They get naked and have sex.

The girl leaves, and as he watches her leave, we see a full length mirror.
This is the surprise - as you finally see the person who's been causing the
mayhem, you find it's a woman.

”While the lyric in question was never intended to be harmful or disrespectful to women or any other group and we sincerely regret that it may have been misinterpreted, the possibility that some will be offended or disturbed by any creative work is a risk inherent in any artistic endeavor.” – Warner Bros. Records apologizing for the lyrics.

And besides, what ever happened to freedom of speech? Any artist should be able to put our their own message, just like any regular person can. They also should not be blamed for any kind of crime caused by their listener(s) because of their music. Like the case was with their hit "Firestarter," which apparently caused some to set fire to other people's property.